Flowers are a timeless gift, and they’re bound to appeal to almost every recipient out there. That said, the delivery can be somewhat hit or miss: A lackluster bouquet might not strike all the right chords, and a late arrival is even more unfortunate. Luckily, we’ve done our research (and received bountiful blooms from some of these services ourselves) and compiled a list of the best flower delivery services that truly deliver. Our top pick, The Bouqs Co., exclusively uses sustainable blooms and also offers a monthly subscription for a gift that’ll keep on giving.
Shopping for flowers online offers ease and accessibility, plus plenty of variety for choosing the perfect arrangement. While some flower delivery services specialize in roses, others take pride in offering a multitude of bouquets, many of which can be selected for same- or next-day delivery. Ahead, we rounded up the best flower delivery services to help you express your love—even if you’re miles apart. And if you’re shopping for a specific holiday, we’ve also curated the best Mother’s Day flowers and the best Valentine’s Day flowers that are especially festive for the occasion.
Most Popular Picks
- Best Flower Delivery Overall: The Bouqs Co.
- Best Flower Delivery Arrangements: UrbanStems
- Best Value Flower Delivery: 1-800-Flowers
- Best Roses Delivery: Ode À La Rose
- Best Plant Delivery: The Sill
- Best Local Flower Delivery: Floom
Best Flower Delivery Services Overall
The Bouqs Co. Buttercream Bouquet
Price: $49 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
The Bouqs Co. stands out for a number of reasons. For starters, the brand sources all of its flowers from sustainable farms that take everything from worker conditions to water and soil quality into consideration. As for the arrangements, they’re downright beautiful. Whether you’re in the market for roses, peonies, lilies, orchids, tulips or just about any bloom in between, The Bouqs Co. has beautiful blooms to choose from. (Be sure to check out the arrangements with plantable succulents, too.) And, if the person you’re shopping for (yourself included) adores receiving fresh bouquets, you can sign up for a monthly flower subscription service, starting at just $44 per delivery.
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Farmgirl Flowers Fun Size Burlap Wrapped Bouquet
Price: $49 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: Yes
Farmgirl Flowers has cornered the market on fresh, beautiful bouquets that have a trendy farmhouse feel. Their arrangements are both unique and reasonably priced, with many of their most popular picks selling for under $100. Each bouquet also comes wrapped in upcycled burlap from coffee roasters, making it both shabby chic and sustainable.
BloomsyBox Original Flower Subscription Club
Price: $45 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
Why settle on one fresh bouquet when you could gift an entire year’s worth to your loved one? That’s the idea behind BloomsyBox’s Flower Subscription Club. Shoppers can choose between monthly, weekly and bi-weekly subscriptions, all of which ship out at least 22 stems per shipment and as many as 32. Of course, if you fall in love with a specific bouquet from the subscription (or prior to signing up for one), you can always opt for standalone bouquets as well.
Best Flower Delivery Arrangements
UrbanStems The Gemma Preserved Hydrangea
Price: $45 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
Fresh flowers might be classic, but there’s something to be said about thinking outside the box (or, in this case, the bloom). Case in point? UrbanStems’ cult-favorite dried flower arrangements. These flowers are available in a selection of vivid colors, playful plumes and feathery stems, all of which make for an immediate décor statement. Best of all, these arrangements are super low-maintenance, as they don’t require any water or light to stay looking their best. But if it’s fresh blooms your after, UrbanStems has a wide range of those styles too, from the vibrant and aptly named bestseller The Firecracker to the soft and romantic The Peony bouquet. And if you’re looking to gift a prepaid subscription, the company has ultra-customizable ones, as well.
Bouquet Box Floral Arranging Experience
Price: $79 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: Yes
If your recipient loves to garden or is looking for a new hobby, Bouquet Box has just the thing. While the florists behind the company create arrangement models and select the blooms, these bouquets ship to your recipient disassembled with instructions on how to arrange it themselves. Fun, no? You can also subscribe to receive a new seasonal bouquet every month.
Poppy Flowers The Icon Bouquet
Price: $75 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: Yes
For those that like to get creative with their bouquets, Poppy Flowers offers a gorgeous selection of floral arranging kits with everything you or your recipient needs to create a show-stopping centerpiece at home. Each order comes with fast, free shipping, as well as design instructions and access to a Poppy video tutorial.
Best Value Flower Delivery Services
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1-800-Flowers Love Pup Basket Bouquet
Price: $35 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
No matter who you’re shopping for, 1-800-Flowers has dozens of different arrangements, from simple bouquets to animal-inspired displays like the one above. Beyond flowers, the online retailer is also home to a bunch of different gift options, including well-stocked baskets, candles, jewelry, spa goods and more. In other words, if you’re not sure what you’re looking for, 1-800-Flowers will give you plenty of ideas. For those looking to save even more and want to gift a recurring flower delivery, 1-800-Flowers also offers 15% off flower subscriptions.
Benchmark Bouquets Pink Elegance Bouquet
Price: $32 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: No
Did you know that Amazon sells fresh-cut flowers? In order to offer the most beautiful, longest-lasting vase life, the online retailer often ships its Benchmark Bouquets in bud stage so that they’ll open within two to three days of receiving. And, before you ask: Yes, they’re available for overnight shipping.
From You Flowers Pink Rose Succulent Garden Bouquet
Price: $31 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: No
From You Flowers has it all—vibrant bouquets, unique plants and succulents, overflowing gift baskets, sweet teddy bears and even sweeter wine sets, complete with cheese and crackers. The value for their flowers is worth noting as well (many of their most popular, bestselling bouquets are around $40). Don’t miss the company’s same-day delivery section, which is also full of perfectly appropriate arrangements for every occasion—holidays, get well soon, sympathy and more.
FTD Made Me Blush Bouquet
Price: $40 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: No
Sure, the flowers are the star of any floral arrangement, but when flowers die, the vase is what’s left. With that in mind, we applaud the array of vases that FTD offers. In addition to a variety of clear cylindrical vases, FTD sells a selection of artfully colored glass options and festive woven baskets that flower lovers will want to use again and again. And we’d be remiss not to mention their long-lasting command of the floral delivery industry: FTD has been shipping flowers since 1910!
Best Roses Delivery Services
Ode À La Rose The Felice Bouquet
Price: $58 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
Ode À La Rose specializes in classic arrangements of roses, tulips and orchids. As stunning as all of the brand’s bouquets are, what’s even better is that you can customize how they’re shipped out. Want a vase? There are eight styles to choose from (for an additional fee onto the final charge). Perhaps you’d like to bundle your bouquet with a Sugarfina Bento Box or a box of assorted macarons? It offers those options, too. The point is, Ode À La Rose makes it easy to buy not only beautiful simple arrangements but also small gifts to further celebrate the occasion.
Global Rose 50 Red Next-Day Roses Bouquet
Price: $60 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: Yes
Prefer 100% fresh roses? Global Rose is one of the best flower delivery services for this classic bloom. The retailer offers many different sizes of bouquets, not to mention tons of colors. In addition to classic pink, red, white and yellow shades, shoppers can peruse black, blue, lavender, green and rainbow roses—just to name a few. To make shopping as streamlined as possible, the site clearly identifies which bouquets are available for next-day shipping, so you don’t have to get caught up searching through the vast offering. And if you’re looking to gift a recurring customized bouquet of roses, the brand offers bi-weekly, monthly and bi-monthly options through its Subscription Clubs.
Venus Et Fleur Fleura Porcelain Vase
Price: $44 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes (LA/NY/NJ zip codes) | Subscription options: No
Love the look of a classic bouquet brimming with roses, but wish they lasted longer than a week? Look no further than Venus Et Fleur. The celebrity-favorite floral delivery service specializes in one-of-a-kind preserved roses that keep the petals looking and smelling fresh for a year or more. It’s because of their comparatively long life and overall luxe appearance that everyone from the Kardashians and Gigi Hadid to NFL players have been seen showing off their arrangements on social media.
Best Plant Delivery Services
The Sill Pink Watercolor Orchid
Price: $34 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: Yes
For the plant lovers in your life, The Sill has the best variety of easy-care, pet-friendly house plants and succulents. But they also have stunning potted florals that will—let’s face it—outlive a standard bouquet of blooms. Choose from orchids, anthuriums or bromeliads in vibrant shades of pink, red and orange that will brighten up a room as quickly as a dozen roses.
Lively Root Sending Hugs Bundle
Price: $10 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: Yes
Another purveyor of potted plants, Lively Root’s offerings range from pet-friendly plants to indoor trees to bundles for beginners. Speaking of bundles, why send your leaf-loving recipient just one variety? Lively Root offers plant packages like the Zen Pet Friendly Collection, Your Indoor Jungle Delivered and the Sending Hugs Bundle, pictured (it includes a peace lily, a calathea and a card).
BWH 4-Inch Calathea ‘Dottie’
Price: $10 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: No | Subscription options: No
If your recipient isn’t really a flower person but you want to gift them something equally thoughtful and decorative, we recommend BWH Plant Co.’s diverse assortment. The Florida-based shop’s offerings start at only $10 and include easy-care, pet-friendly and rare varieties. Plus, if you’re gifting this to a plant lover, you can add one of the company’s fun merchandise items to your delivery (we’re eyeing the Plant Jungle candle and Shopkeeper Tee).
Best Local Flower Delivery Services
Le Jardin Rose Honor Bouquet
Price: $35 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: No
If you live in a major city like Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston or New York, you can enjoy same-day delivery with Floom. (You can even ship to big cities in the U.K.) What’s especially great about this floral delivery service is that it features local florists, so in a way, it’s helping you to shop small. While best known for its beautiful arrangements of roses, peonies, dahlias and orchids, the floral delivery service sells everything from eucalyptus-adorned bouquets to snake plants and philodendrons.
Teleflora Colors Of The Rainbow Bouquet
Price: $33 and up | Same-day or next-day delivery: Yes | Subscription options: No
Calling all procrastinators: If a special occasion slipped your mind (it happens) and you’re looking for a last-minute birthday or anniversary gift that will arrive as soon as possible, look no further than Teleflora. The retailer works with local florists to fulfill its orders, which means they have a deep selection of colorful arrangements that can be delivered the same day you order it (cutoff times for same-day service varies per day and region). You can also add in a stuffed animal, balloon or chocolates for good measure.
How We Chose The Best Flower Delivery Services
The staffers on our editorial team can vouch for many of these services firsthand, having received plants for product testing or as gifts from loved ones. In particular, Jennifer Ferrise, our senior special projects editor who oversees gift guides, has enjoyed arrangements from The Bouqs Co, UrbanStems, 1-800-Flowers, Venus Et Fleur, FTD, Farmgirl Flowers, Teleflora, From You Flowers and The Sill. Other team members also back bouquets delivered by The Bouqs Co. and Farmgirl Flowers as well as potted plants from Lively Root and BWH Plant Co.
Naturally, we included the companies and arrangements we would recommend or send to our own friends and family. We also researched customer-favorite brands with blooms (and leaves) for every type of recipient to bring you a complete list of the best flower delivery services out there.
Why Is It Better To Buy Pre-Arranged Flowers Online?
If you’ve ever tried making your own bouquet, you know that assembling a show-stopping arrangement is harder than it looks. When it comes to special occasions, it’s best to leave it to the pros. But don’t worry—despite enlisting expert help, a hand-picked flower arrangement still makes a heartfelt impression. “If you’re gifting, you’re able to cater your gift to the recipient while also purchasing something that’s been thoughtfully designed,” Kaylyn Hewitt, lead floral designer at The Bouqs Co., points out.
As far as shopping online (as opposed to, you know, picking up the phone or actually walking in to a florist shop), the best flower delivery services make picking and purchasing the perfect bouquet a seamless experience. Browsing online means you have access to thousands of options so you can pinpoint the one that’s right for your budget and your recipient’s style. Further, you can have your choice of well-known, big-box florists (who might offer the best and fastest delivery options) or ones that are, or are supplied by, small businesses that appreciate your support.
How To Make Fresh Flowers Last Longer
Watching a gorgeous bouquet wilt is always a bit depressing, but (to put it poetically) the fleeting nature of its beauty is part of what makes flower-giving so indulgent and romantic. However, Hewitt says, “While different types of flowers have different vase lives, certain practices can help all flowers last as long as possible.” She shares some tricks of the trade below:
- Prep your plants from the get-go. “Give your stems a fresh cut upon arrival to allow flowers to drink up as much water as possible,” the floral designer advises.
- Consider the vessel. “You’ll want to use a clean vase to avoid any bacteria or fungi from growing, since that can speed up the death of your flowers,” she continues.
- Find a sweet spot where your bouquet can settle in. “Keep your flowers out of direct sunlight because the sun’s rays can shorten a flower’s vase life,” Hewitt instructs, adding that harsh rays can cause wilting.
- Give it some loving maintenance. “Changing the water every other day is extremely important as well to stop the build of harmful bacteria,” Hewitt explains, noting that cool water is best. And don’t forget to add flower food when you give your bouquet new water. When your blooms naturally start to wilt, prune dead leaves and petals to keep them looking as fresh as possible.